Lambert Mende

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Nairobi, November 24, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists today calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to stop meddling with radio station broadcasts in the country. The Congolese Information Minister Lambert Mende has called for the shutdown of several radio stations in recent weeks, and a few have gone off the air.

Map by Rachael Levy. Sources: Congolese organizations, news reports, and CPJ research. Not all data has been independently verified by CPJ.

Tensions are rising in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a government official announced recently he would support a change in the constitution to allow President Joseph Kabila, who has been in power since 2001, to run for a third term in 2016. Under the current constitution, Kabila may serve a maximum of two five-year terms.

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Congolese Communications Minister Lambert Mende banned private
daily Le Journal indefinitely on June
29, 2012, in connection with an editorial that he said incited racism and tribalism, local
press freedom group OLPA reported.

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Abuja, Nigeria, July 10, 2012--A
Belgian journalist who released a critical documentary on the murder of a human
rights activist was denied entry into the Democratic Republic of the Congo on
Sunday. The Committee to Protect Journalists denounces the country's decision
to block Thierry Michel entry into the country for what seems to be an attempt
to silence critical journalism.